Jade Da Costa
Biographic Data
| ID | 9507690 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jade Da Costa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jade |
| FAMILY NAME | Da Costa |
| SIGNATURE | DA COSTA J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Family Relations and Applied Nutrition, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
“I don’t feel like an activist”
Drawing on data collected from my dissertation, this article explores the impacts of western activist ideals on the subjectivities of queer and trans of colour organizers within Toronto, ON. Framing these ideals in terms of what social movement scholars call “the perfect standard of the activist” ( Bobel 2007 ), I argue that western activist discourses assume an exclusionary logic that prevents queer and trans people of colour from claiming the a…
Charity Not Solidarity
In this article, I critically theorize my lived experiences with cofounding The People’s Pantry (TPP), a Toronto-based mutual aid project formed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic by racialized queer, trans, and women organizers. Drawing attention to how TPP was slowly cooptated from within, I apply the concepts of Non-Profitization, Social Death, and Grievable Death to explain TPP’s trajectory as both racialized and systematic. I argue that CO…
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Charity Not Solidarity
In this article, I critically theorize my lived experiences with cofounding The People’s Pantry (TPP), a Toronto-based mutual aid project formed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic by racialized queer, trans, and women organizers. Drawing attention to how TPP was slowly cooptated from within, I apply the concepts of Non-Profitization, Social Death, and Grievable Death to explain TPP’s trajectory as both racialized and systematic. I argue that CO…
“I don’t feel like an activist”
Drawing on data collected from my dissertation, this article explores the impacts of western activist ideals on the subjectivities of queer and trans of colour organizers within Toronto, ON. Framing these ideals in terms of what social movement scholars call “the perfect standard of the activist” ( Bobel 2007 ), I argue that western activist discourses assume an exclusionary logic that prevents queer and trans people of colour from claiming the a…
Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak (1 work) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Canadian Identity and History (1 work) · Communism, Protests, Social Movements (1 work) · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) (1 work) · Epistemology (1 work)